St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-08

KANSAS CITY, No, Dec. 30.-The center ,
of interest ir the great express robbery
has once more shifted to this city LII alt
| that has been published heretofore on ING
| case, there seems to have been notnlhg
definite given to the public as TO fotllef-
ingham's guilt or innocence. Accore'ih9
to the confessions of both Nittrockfano
Cook Fotheringham was party 10 1ile
great conspiracy, and was 10 nave fe-
| ceved 600 for the part ne played
When Bob Pinkerton left LcaVenWorth
at six O'Clock Yesterday morning he had
recovered so, coo Of the money stolen from
the Adams Express Company. he was
not through however Accompanied by
his three operatives and Wittroch and the
latter's mother he came to this cltF. me
party did not come up town, bat re-
NAMED at the Union depot leaving the
impression that they were waiting 1of
train When the Missouri PACING tram
from st. Louis pulled in two men got on,
one of whom was Detective McGlnn, ana
the other Oscar Cook. the man arrested IN
this city Saturday for compllcltV III ,he
express. Detective McGinn accompanied by
Oscar Cook and Mr.. j. Fl. Butler, agent OF
the Adams express, entered a carriage,
and at half past nine stopped atthe resi-
dence of John Cox, Oscar Cook 1athef-lh-
law. ana WITH WHOlH w lbtIUtkA l+ao boeAi oSA
part of the time while in this city.
The house is a modest dwelling on
Commercial street. near the distillery
The detective, dispensing with formalities,
dved under the house and soon reappear-
ell with a half-dozen beer bottles, IL which
were slowed a lot OF crisp New York
notes. Then they re-entered the carriage
and were driven to the residence OF Henry
Cook. the father of the man under arrest
They did not enter at once,s out
leaving the hack at the door walked
to frame house across the street.
under which they found some more beer
bottles likewise containing l1cre. Then
they raped at the door of the Cook house.
and on being admitted met Jack Cook,
foreman Of the distiIlery coopershop, and
brother of Oscar Cook. who was there
by appointment Detective McGlnn an
formed Cook that he would be pleased to
have that sl,150 Wittrock had given him.
Cook finding himself caught, weakened,
and, going to the cooper-shop, brought
back SSH, which he had seereted in the
cooper-shed This was all that remained
of his share of the Doodle, the balance
having been spent by Cook in bringing his
mother and sister from Louisville and
furnishing a house for them. After tell
ing him that he would be given time to re-
turn the rest, which Cook promises to do
by mortgaging his property III Louisville
the detective drove to the city and re-
ported to his chief
The amount recovered yesterday is known
only to the detectives. as Mr.. Pinker
ton refused to say anything aboat it. That
it is quite large, however. is certain The
amount recovered at Lcaverworth, 81,
900. together with that received from
Haight. in Nashville, $4,000, and the 81, 500
given up by Weaver in Chicago makes
the whole sum recovered in these places
$50, 500. As the amount Of cash stolen
was $4,000, 500 remains to be ac-
counted for. The detectives think that
comparatively little was spent by the rob-
bers, and say they will get it all. 1t is
thought the amount found under the two
houses in the East bottoms must approx
mate $4,000 This is the more probable in
asmuch as when search was made at the
time of Cooks arrest no money was found
His share must have been considerable,
from his intimacy with Wittrock
and The fact that he was taken
into the latter's confidence to the
extent of being employed to mail the Jim
Cummings letters, The money found I'M
der Cox's house, with whom Cook board
ed, probably approximated $4,000, less
what Cook had spent, as that was about
the amount each of the men received.
This, less 81, $50 taken from Jack Cook and
the amount found under the second house,
leaves many thousand dollars yet to be &C
counted for. Wittrock and Cook, Z
while in this city. spent money
lavishly. What they could not
spend they gave away Detective
Pinkerton says that at least a dozen men in
"a FoS ct into Of
received sums ranging from twenty-five
dollars to one thousand dollars. Some
received it in the shape Of loans, while
few took it with knowledge Of where it
came from. Pinkerton's men spent the
afternoon and night in looking up these.
Mr. Pinkerton said that he knew the
names of all the parties, and that unless
they came up with the money he would
arrest them. Those who had received the
money as loan would not be moiested,
but those who had taken ltwith a guilty
knowledge would not be allowed to com
promise. I
When Whittrock was writing important
letters to the press there were some who
thought hin, a shrewd fellow. Those ac
quainted with the methods employed by
detectives il following up cleWs give him
credit for extraordinary stupidity. When
his brief career as q train robbtr ended
with his arrest, scarcely anybody
doubted that he would confess That
was precisely what he did do.
When he found that sufficient
evidence had been obtained to convict
him, he M 8de clean breast cd, the whole
affair. Ven Mrs, Wittruck' S letter, stat
ing that fe Of the money was at her
house, Received at Chicago, Pinkerton
and his ea.yaaatiyes had already started for
Leavenworth with Wittroclz. The anna
teur outlaw did something more. He